Real PS4 Screenshots Justify All That 'Next-Gen' Hype

The following images are all fan-made, authentic PS4 screenshots that look as good as we all expected next-gen to look. Hell, most of them look better than any of the Sony-approved promotional screenshots we in the press got during the buildup to the game's release

[johndoe11211]

Best looking console game to date.

[GamerXD]

best looking game to date*

fixed that

[mike32UK]

@GamerXD Feel free to show something that looks better...

[MelvinTheGreat]

Wrong.

[Xsilver]

back in my days we would like to prove someone wrong rather than just telling them their Wrong :/.

[WeAreLegion]

Hey, Dynasty. Guess what... Most of us have PCs, too. Just like most people in the world. I just built a new one a few weeks ago. Which game are you talking about? Crysis 3? Battlefield 4? Grid 2? GTA IV with ICEnhancer?

[NewMonday]

graphics are not all about power alone

it's about the balance between the art skills of the developer and the power of the tech.

it is pointless to have to much power when only 1 or 2 developers have the talent to take advantage of it, no matter the GPU a game like CoD:Ghosts or Titanfall will always look average.

a console like the PS4 has good synergy between the power of the console and the level of talent most developers have right now.

3rd party developers will not start to exploit the potential until we have new gen only games like AC:Unity and Batman AK

[Old_Prodigy]

@Dynasty2021 I'm not sure what platform you prefer, but if I had to guess it's PC from the arrogance in your comment. For someone with such a high intellect as yourself, you sure tend to comment quite rashly with and ignorant outlook. I don't know where this whole gaming diversity bullshit came from, but i'm pretty sure everyone who owns a console and or a PC are human beings. That being said I'm sure you can put together that we're all equally capable. Come back to reality, and realize that not everyone in world is below you.

[kayoss]

@old_Prodigy
"For someone with such a high intellect as yourself..."

ROFL. If he so intelligent. He wouldnt have made that dumb comment above. He comment on article that was focused on consoles and pound his chest and scream PC.

[BitbyDeath]

Amazing how even the smallest of things such as the helicopter missiles are incredibly detailed.

http://i3.minus.com/iszBd32...

[randomass171]

Best looking game... until the next one comes out! ;)

[Hello_World]

I'm a PC and PS4 gamer first, with PS4 by far being the console I support, but some Sony fanboys can be so oblivious to reality and what's really going on in gaming.

They think it's all about Playstation and that the PS4 is even remotely close to PC. Learn more so you don't sound so silly.I have Infamous, and I have multiple PC games that look and run better. Just sayin'

[Dee_91]

@GamerXD
but what about those 3 pc games ?
or that other game on ultra graphics that only a $500 card can run?

[BitbyDeath]

@RATEDAFORADULT, those graphics are so lastgen.
Go find a better looking one and come back.

[kingdom18]

Best looking console game to date. I'm sure, no I'm positive there are games that can look much better if ran on a good PC, like Crysis 3, isn't that the game to called the best looking game to date, but you need a good PC to get at that point?

[waltyftm]

Well said, and things can only get better.

[Xsilver]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawk...
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GodDammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmn
1. Its only Sucker Punch So imagine what Quantic Dream or Naughty Dog will do :O
2.It's Open World and still looks amazing

PS4 is a Beast can't wait to see what else they pump out of it especially with more optimization.

[GarrusVakarian]

You posted the screenshot that i came here to post myself (the close-up of the molten chain around Delsin's hand)....absolutely amazing. Hands down the best looking game so far on consoles. I can't believe Sucker Punch have achieved graphics like those so soon after the consoles launch, and in an open world game!

Every next gen game on PS4 needs this feature!

[Xsilver]

@Lukas_

"You posted the screenshot that i came here to post myself (the close-up of the molten chain around Delsin's hand)....absolutely amazing."

That level of detail is what makes it so awesome.

[johndoe11211]

It really cracks me up when xbone fans come to the infamous threads and claim ryse to be the best looking game and then post CUTSCENE images.

[NarooN]

The amount of detail in this game is just ridiculous. And this is just the beginning, too. I don't even wanna think about what Uncharted 4 will look like...

[tigertron]

Until The Order 1886 comes out.

[Kurisu]

The Order has gone under the radar. I'm hoping for a full E3 blowout with release date! That date = my time to take the next gen plunge.

[Magicite]

I will buy X1 when they will have better looking game that runs at least at 1080/30.

[DrJones]

That's your criteria for buying a console? It sounds like you should stick to PC.

[n1kki6]

Agree with Dr. Jones.

I am on my way to platinum Infamous. But also owning the wii-u and a XB1, i find ejnjoyment out of those too.

[randomass171]

If you're making the decision based on specs alone then you should get a strong PC. I stick to consoles because of my preference in Sony franchises.

[Walker]

and it's 1080p, 30+fps and open world ! just wow

[trywizardo]

ryse looks way better ...
the lighting make it look awesome but the details and characters facial make it look terrible ....

[voodoochild346]

Way to compare an open world game to a closed off QTE fest.

[CryofSilence]

http://static.gamespot.com/...

Yeah, it looks better in the prerendered cut scenes, but gameplay, even considering how incredibly linear Ryse is, it's not even close to inFamous:SS, which is an open world game.

http://youtu.be/IUttbZcv7WI

[hkgamer]

The characters faces just doesn't seem to match the look of this game.

@voodoochild346

When talking about graphics alone you shouldn't really use its an openworld as an excuse.

[voodoochild346]

@hkgamer
With that comment you've just shown how little you know on this subject. No matter what setup you have there's a limit to how many total polygons a system is capable of displaying at once. The larger your environments are the lower the polygon density of each item must be to compensate. N4G man....Smh

[bunt-custardly]

An amazing looking game where the Photo mode brings it home as to how fine looking the PS4 graphics are up close and out of context of movement.

Such a great idea to include a photo mode, although Sucker Punch obviously were extremely confident in their product, and why not eh.

[psplova]

^Canadian.

[randomass171]

lol That threw me for a loop for a second. Thanks for the laugh! XD

[hkgamer]

does the photomode use other assets? how much different is the look of the game when actually playing?

I know photomode is used in-game but is there improvement in the look such as less jags or better ligthing effects?

[Goku781]

Lets see some Xbox One games up close and personal for people that cant see the difference.

[candy_mafia]

Quit mentioning Xbox One in PS4 articles. Can't y'all just be happy we have a capable system? There's no need for trolling....

OT

Awesome visuals :)

Edit

@The_Infected

Because I'm sure you're smart enough to know it will only cause a fanboy fallout, and if you truly believe (like I do) I:SS is the best looking game, then what's to prove?

Think about it :)

[BX81]

Thats because it was the best looking game now ss looks better. Is someone supposed to be upset about this? Grow up and play ur games. Wait till this gen really kicks off and you're going to realize bow pointlesss this is

[johndoe11211]

@BX81

Ryse was NEVER the best looking game. Killzone was.

[BX81]

@john
Kz was my 1st ps4 game. I thought it was crap. Kz3 was better imo. It did look good but to me ryse looked better. Ss on the other hand looks amazing from what I've seen. I haven't played it yet. Waiting for a price drop. Never cared too much for the Infamous series, it does have some really great game play mechanics though.

[Jeff257]

I really need to work harder on the pics I take. I took a few last weekend and posted them to my twitter but none are that good. I still am blown away by just how good this game really is.

[Bathyj]

What rez are they when you share directly to Twitter. I think most people are going the message on PSN method to get full high Def screens.

[Jeff257]

I'm not sure. I just posted them to Twitter to be quick about it. Going to have to do the message method unless they allow you to upload those to USB as well with the update.

[christian hour]

The twitter posts are pretty low res, and they also go under horrible compression that makes them look even worse (Twitter do lossy compression to all images posted directly to their servers).

People are using a messaging trick with the Playstation phone App and then uploading to a lossless imaging site that doesn't do any server side compression. Truly beautiful stuff. I've been meaning to do the App trick myself with some of mine, when I uploaded some to twitter I was extremely upset haha. My mates still thought they looked gorgeous though :)

They never see "blocky" jpeg compression in images though, something I could never understand, it's clear as day to me. But then again I was a digital media student so it makes sense I guess.

The sooner the new PS4 firmware update comes out and we can export uncompressed to USB, the easier getting thsoe images online will be, I think I'll wait until then :)

[Father__Merrin]

why are there no PC games like this? this is stunning

[Hellsvacancy]

Uh oh, you've done it now man, someone is going to up an image of Crysis I just know it "ha haha that's from 7 years ago"

[GundalfDeGrej]

There are definitely PC games that look better than this but none of them are open world so it's kinda hard to compare.

[Locknuts]

That's nice. Can we focus on next-gen gameplay now? Not even sure what all this extra power is for apart from pretty pictures so far. Street Fighter II, Mario 64, GTAIII, Gears of War. These were the games that justified the extra power because the gameplay simply wouldn't have been possible without it. When will we see that this gen?

[SoulSercher620]

Sucker Punch already made it clear this wouldn't have been possible on PS3. So I'm not sure exactly where your comment is coming from.

[mkis007]

The pictures show effects of gameplay thar would not be possible on other systems.

[randomass171]

I think it's more like the engine it used is only possible on PS4. Unreal Engine 4 is on all three of the latest consoles and that has a lot of particle effects as well.

[Locknuts]

Effects of gameplay? I'm not following you. It seems like an open world with the level of interactivity of a PS3 game to me. Just prettier.

[mkis007]

Destruction...Particles... Powers....baddassery.

I agree the side-quests are hilariously terrible and repetitive, bar the Painting, for some reason I actually like that. But Nevertheless I keep finding myself playing through the story 1 month after platinuming the game.

If you think those games( the ones you mentioned in the first post) were not possible except on new hardware, I am having trouble seeing where the disconnect to this game is?
Sure this game is gorgeous, but the particle system makes it next gen. The particle system alone would not have been possible last gen I guess is the simple thing I am trying to say.

[kayoss]

What you mean next gen gameplay?? like virtual reality or motion controllers? I can not think of any other possible way of playing games besides a controller, motion sensor, or virtual reality.
Do you want the console to plug directly into our head and we play the game that way?

[styferion]

can you enlighten me and everyone else what's a next-gen gameplay supposed to be?

[Dark_matter]

I would say motion gaming but not like kinect ( kinect is not there yet) kinda like the film "Gamer". Feel free to post your own opinion of what next gen gameplay is, after all this is my opinion

[Locknuts]

Larger, more interactive open worlds. Not just more for the lead character to do, but more complex interactions between NPCs and players online as well. Watch Dogs looks like a good first step but is clearly possible on last gen. I think Watch_Dogs 2 might give me what I've been looking for. The Division possibly as well. There you are, you have been enlightened.

[TitanUp]

looks pretty darn good especially **** boss pic or screen shot number 10 i believe.

[akaFullMetal]

This game looks awesome, and again this is a launch window open sandbox game.Crazy!

[MasterCornholio]

The game looks so good that the pics that people take from it look like bullshots.

Oh and it runs in 1080P which is an incredible feat.

[cfc83]

The attention to detail in second son is fantastic, and i'm rarely wowed by games, even though i play them alot. It's the best looking game i've ever saw, and it's certainly fun to play. I hope Sucker Punch follow up with something as good if they do a next Infamous. It shows you what some studios are capable of when they get given a bigger budget.

[EverydayGuy]

Stunning

Repost: http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

The game run smooth while looking like this incredible.

[Tontus]

If Infamous: SS looks this amazing I'm trying to imagine just how spectacular God of War IV is going to look! :O ...

[Flames76]

Still not on par with ryse but not bad.Its just gonna be awhile before any game looks as good as ryse.Im hoping by years end

[Bathyj]

No one believes you.

[johndoe11211]

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! !!!

If you say so buddy. I'm sure that's what you tell yourself every night as you lie on your bed in the fetal position clinging onto that copy of ryse.

[garos82]

OK ryse fanboys, I'll take the bite. Show me images of ryse that are equal if not better than the ones taken in real time of SS.

Go on I'm waiting.
@johndoe +funny lmao

[Convas]

http://cdn.dualshockers.com...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Ryse may not be the best looking game any more, but for you people to CONTINUALLY insinuate that it looks bad is ridiculous.

[MysticStrummer]

@Convas - Where did garos say Ryse looked bad?

"for you people to CONTINUALLY insinuate that it looks bad is ridiculous."

[Foliage]

@Convas

Oh man, that is some horrible pop in textures and very short distance to be relying on LOD swap outs.

Even if you ignore the obvious struggles; there was nothing in that video on par with Infamous.

[Bathyj]

Good point garos. These are not bullshots. Show us some real, in game screens captured by real users while playing Ryse or drop the lie.

[MasterCornholio]

Infamous: https://pbs.twimg.com/media...

Ryse: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f...

I think Infamous looks better.

P.S No i did not make a mistake. Thats a closeup of Delsins shoe which im comparing to Ryse.

[DoubleM70]

I agree Flames76. Infamous does look good pretty and flashy in it's own right. RYSE is just different You can see their Teeth and Tongue moving in their mouth. You cut off a limb you can see their acutal bone with the blood spilling out.

[MysticStrummer]

Yes Ryse has some great detail, mainly in the faces, but overall Second Son looks better, especially when the open world aspect is taken into account.

[DontH8DPlayaH8DConsl]

If you guys really believe Ryse looks better post the comparison images! Even cheat and compare cutscenes of Ryse to in game of second son...since photo mode does NOT work during any cut scenes!

[MysticStrummer]

"Still not on par with ryse but not bad."

Relatively very few people would agree with that, and I'm not just talking about on N4G.

[GamersHeaven]

Ryse looks a waxy over shiny 360 game running in 900p at 15fps extremely linear environments vs 1080p 30fps open world game with detail to the max putting Ryse to shame in every single category.I highly doubt we will ever see game look this good on the bone in its entire life time.

[DontH8DPlayaH8DConsl]

Exactly! Ryse looks like Heavenly Sword with vaseline rubbed on it!

[Salooh]

ignore ignorants .

[Bathyj]

Man, Sony needs to get all 1st parties to put this photo mode in their games. The term bullshots would die out. It's all right there, what you see is what you get.

Look at those pix I'd the chain close up. It's overly detailed. It's unnecessarily high detail. You would never even see that in the game. But it's there, and here's the proof.

[kayoss]

If they're going to remaster The last of us. It would be awesome if they can put photo mode in that game too. I would love to take a photo of Joel blowing off a clickers head.

Hmmmm Blowing and clickers dont know if those were sexual puns???

[Sharius]

Kratos blade of chao will be glorious with PS4!

[stragomccloud]

It's definitely amazing looking, but it's just weird how Sony fanboys try to make these games seem like the best looking games ever. Then they always pixel count and berate other console owner's hardware, even though next to a PC it's nothing. Then they play the "it's not about the graphics, it's about the games" argument(Which IS a valid argument).

Something to think about.

[LordMaim]

The possibility exists that some Playstation owners felt put upon by the merciless ribbing that certain vocal elements in the Xbox 360 camp bestowed upon them regarding resolution and framerate due to the slow start the PS3 had last generation. Some might call it karma, some might call it immature, I prefer to think of it as responding in kind. Eventually it will work its way out of the system, but it might take a while.

[Predaking77]

I cannot believe SP has managed to get such visuals so early on the PS4. Definitely, Infamous SS is the best looking console game right now. Oh my God and we haven't seen yet what Naughty Dog and the other studios are working on.

The PS4 is a beast, definitely the most powerful next gen console IMO.

[SixtyNine]

Pretty pictures. Although there's some touch-ups/filters. If I had never seen a what a PC is capable of, I'd be impressed.

Playstation games will look even more impressive because they lean more on art direction instead of Photo-realism.

I wouldn't make comparisons to PC if I were you guys. I'd Just appreciate what PS4 can do without feeling the need to put it on a pedestal or crown it.

[ATi_Elite]

Many of those pictures are very impressive.

YOU are correct just appreciate what the PS4 can do as some of those pictures are amazing.

Non Core PC gamers tend to forget all about the Mods that make PC Games graphical BEAST!

so just ignore all the BEST LOOKING GAME EVER COMMENTS because it's OBVIOUS those people have never seen a PC Game on ultra running a Realism Mod.

the screenshot of wet pavement with the guy floating with arms on fire is my favorite. very nice.

[duplissi]

My sentiments exactly.

@ ATi_Elite that wet pavement shot is my favorite also. Wallpaper material.

[CuddlyREDRUM]

Not sure if I would call engine shots "screenshots".

[Bathyj]

You know these were taken by ps4 owners while playing the game right?

[BG11579]

He's right. It should be called work of art, just like the game.
It's a freaking work of art!!

[Solid_Penguin-64]

Man imagine what a new Rouge Squadron would look like O-o

[its_JEFF]

There's something kinda sad about a person who cannot stand to see something praised without having to shit on it. Having to always have the last word/Win, SMH. "But it's True" & "Just saying" doesn't make you look like any less of a shitty person. I can't imagine someone doing this in real life and having much people that like them.

[purp13m0nk3y]

The attention to detail in this game really is testament to not only Sucker Punch's dedication and pride in their creation but also the about of processing power and RAM now available to devs.

Yes I know the consoles still fall short of PC's (I own a couple of decent gaming PC's) but compared to 7th gen devs can pretty much create anything they can imagine.

Playing with photo mode last night I realized that even the coins that explode out of the newspaper stands have individually modeled in 3d!

Admittedly not particularly high detail models, but the fact that they bothered to model them in 3d and give them physical properties that react within the physics engine is insane!

Even after spending hrs with photos mode, I'm still finding things that blow me away. I should probably get back to my evil play through and the paper trail missions in my good save file but the lure of capturing that "perfect shot" is currently all consuming lol.

I can't wait to see the graphical bar set higher again. The 8th gen is turning out to have rekindled my love for gaming and that feeling of wonder playing games that I thought was lost.

Its a good time to be a gamer!

[mysteryraz11]

the game looks pretty and noone cares about pcs graphics cause guess what most ppl dont have high end expensive pcs, lmao at pc fanboys jumping a ps4 or console thread just to brag about the pc when noone cares but them, order1886 looks better then any pc game btw, uc4 will rock minds too, infamous ss is a awesome pretty fun game

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

definitely the best looking game on console so far. no contest. like, at all lolz

[ninjahunter]

That 'Bank of Seattle' screenshot makes me question what the game actually looks like compared to what is being fed. Not that im saying any of these are fake, but they are very sensationalized, and all at weird angles you will never see in game, with drastic amounts of bloom, blur, glare and shininess concealing the environments.